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...create more of the catchy pop tunes (or heaven forbid, goopy ballads) that launched her career a decade ago. As her last album proved, making that type of music isn’t always easy to do. Her fans have not proven themselves loyal to Mariah Carey, superstar and prima donna; to win them back, she’ll need to reinvent Mariah Carey, musician and singer...
Admittedly, lack of agreement doesn’t prove non-existence. But a principle requiring economic equality would have to overcome a strong prima facie case against it. Eliminating economic inequality requires denying the sovereignty of property rights and eroding the freedom of individuals to dispose of their holdings as they see fit. We have every reason to worry about such limitations on personal freedom. Times were when colonials on this side of the pond felt so strongly that the Crown should keep its paws to itself that they fought a war over...
...better cough up a few (million) to help save the world. Rejecting the report’s recommendations forces you to challenge that assumption. That could get you in trouble, which is the last thing you need in the wake of your spat with everybody’s favorite prima donna, Brother Cornel. When Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 threw his temper tantrum, you got bloodied in the press. Surely you don’t want to give the liberal elite another excuse to go for your jugular, so I can’t blame...
...don’t tell” policy) are to stodgy urban neighborhoods what oases are to parched deserts. Indeed, there are few things that can bring together such an eclectic group of youngsters as an FDE. At the Pub, for instance, you will find 14-year-old debutante prima donnas and shady 26-year-olds hitting on those 14-year-old debutante prima donnas. You will find the high school kids who don’t get invited to parties, and so go to the place where you don’t need an invitation. You will find these...
...twenty other “coolest girls in America” range from dirt track racers to heavy weight junior champions to prima ballerinas. When asked whether those girls merited being labeled as the coolest girls in the country, Madeleine responded, “I didn’t merit being one of the coolest girls in America. It’s an absurd proposition in the first place...